Current Affairs 2008-09

General knowledge quiz covering major Indian and international events from 2008-2009 including politics, business, sports, science, and awards

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

India’s first centre for climate change and adaptation research at Anna University in

  1. Panaji
  2. Shillong
  3. Vishakapattanam
  4. Chennai
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which among the following is the world's cheapest car?

  1. Jaguar
  2. Nano
  3. Hyundai
  4. Swift
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the Chief Justice of Madras High Court?

  1. R.L Sharma
  2. N.P Velayudhan
  3. Pandi Thalivan
  4. A.K Ganguly
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The _____ had put 10 satellites in orbit in a precisely timely sequence after lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space centre in Sriharikota.

  1. PSLV-C2
  2. PSLV-C4
  3. PSLV-C8
  4. PSLV-C9
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the new GM of the eastern railway?

  1. Sobu Rajalingam
  2. Jomon Kattukaran
  3. Deepak Krishan
  4. Prateep Menon
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is President of the FICCI?

  1. Deepak Raju
  2. Aravindh Menon
  3. Rajeev Chandrasekhar
  4. Vinod Rai
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the India's pilotless target aircraft?

  1. Apec 009
  2. Lakshya
  3. Swyooham
  4. Shoonam
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

US economist _______ was awarded the Nobel Economic Prize for his trade analysis theory.

  1. Mark Shaw
  2. Joel shepherd
  3. Paul Krugman
  4. Aravind Adiga
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the current Governor of the Jammu and Kashmir?

  1. N.N Vohra
  2. Praveen Jagadhish
  3. Raju Mathai
  4. Soumitra Chatterjee
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Aravind Adiga, Chennai born author grabbed the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel

  1. White Tiger
  2. Midnight’s Children
  3. Lajja
  4. Against the Tides
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won the Junior Asia cup hockey tournament in Hyderabad?

  1. India
  2. Ireland
  3. Spain
  4. Argentina
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won the Ranji trophy title?

  1. Delhi
  2. Punjab
  3. Mumbai
  4. Kerala
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_____ was selected as the person of year 2008 by the TIME magazine.

  1. Barrack Obama
  2. Michel Phelps
  3. Ussain Bolt
  4. Lewis Hamilton
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

______ was sworn in as the Zambian president?

  1. Gregory Mathew
  2. Joel Paul
  3. Rupiah Banda
  4. Nigel cleave
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the new interim CEO of the Satyam computers, after the chairman's Ramalinga Raju's confession of inflating profits?

  1. Aravindh Narayan
  2. Gautham Thapar
  3. Sanjeev Chandran
  4. Ram Mynampati
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Robert James Fischer was a famous

  1. football player
  2. chess player
  3. music director
  4. freedom fighter
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the inventor of the Jaipur foot?

  1. P.K Sethi
  2. Jain Agarwal
  3. Raman Murthi
  4. Fattah Mathis
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which corporate firm won the Golden Peacock Award?

  1. Dell
  2. Satyam
  3. Lenova
  4. Infosys
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

“With you- all the way” is the punch line of _____ .

  1. HDFC Bank
  2. Axis Bank
  3. ICICI Bank
  4. SBI
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the new President of Cotton Association of India?

  1. Jinesh Menon
  2. Sreeram Warrier
  3. Deepak Alok
  4. D.N Sheth
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission?

  1. Anil Kakodkar
  2. Palin Fender
  3. George Paul
  4. Narendranath Pillai
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the new Mizoram Chief Minister?

  1. Lalthanhawla
  2. Madan Singh
  3. Kuldeep Warrier
  4. Dinesh Pandey
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

ESMA represents

  1. Electric State Monitory Act
  2. Election Service & Monitory Act
  3. Eligible Sex and Marriage Act
  4. Essential Services Maintenance Act
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will be contesting in the coming Lok Sabha election from Lucknow under the banner of?

  1. BJP
  2. Samajwadi Party
  3. BSP
  4. Congress
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the Chairman of the Allahabad bank?

  1. K.R Kamath
  2. Niranjan Shah
  3. Rishi Kapoor
  4. Arun Singh